In the kitchen with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Wild mushroom soup

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast.

"So, let's just say your friend -- or husband -- is a mushroom forager and comes home with a bunch of porcini mushrooms," muses Barb. Now what? Since the weather (thankfully) has turned cool enough to fire up your oven, it's time to start thinking about fall dishes, and a hearty wild mushroom soup epitomizes autumn. "This is an old Bon Appitit recipe that I tweaked," says Barb, "and it's fantastic for this time of year." Barb highly suggests using an immersion blender when making the soup. "Just go get one of these," she advises. I couldn't agree more.